Starting in Thunderbird 143, the use of the native messaging API by web extensions on Windows could lead to crashes caused by use-after-free memory corruption. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/ Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · mozillaNVD modified 2026-10-18 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1991950 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/ Vendor Advisory